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Sun, Nov 22, 2015·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Los Angeles Kings 3, Carolina Hurricanes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 57% of the time.

CAR winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0721418329
CAR11031108429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 3:31CARBrett PesceAssists: Brad Malone · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:48CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Kris Versteeg, Brett Pesce · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:26CARJustin FaulkPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Kris Versteeg · Snap, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P2 13:02LAKDustin BrownUnassisted · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–3
  5. P2 14:00LAKAnze KopitarUnassisted · Snap, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P2 17:46CARJustin FaulkPPGWGAssists: Noah Hanifin, Victor Rask · Slap, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 9:15LAKAnze KopitarPPAssists: Drew Doughty, Jake Muzzin · Slap, 0.06 xG3–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 13:00CARBrad Malone: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 13:00LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 3:45LAKDrew Doughty: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:45LAKAnze Kopitar: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  5. P2 5:49LAKDrew Doughty: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 5:57CARJeff Skinner: Interference2 min
  7. P2 13:02CARNoah Hanifin: Penalty shot covering puck in crease0 min
  8. P2 17:11LAKJordan Nolan: Slashing2 min · PPG
  9. P3 0:08LAKTanner Pearson: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 1:35LAKDustin Brown: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 8:23CARVictor Rask: Slashing2 min · PPG
  12. P3 19:41CARJordan Staal: Closing hand on puck2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
47% to win54% to win
← LAK attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCAR
29Shots on goal29
2.8Expected goals2.4
67Shot attempts54
31Faceoffs won32
3Power plays6
17Penalty minutes11
28Hits23
16Blocked shots16
4Giveaways7
13Takeaways15

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Lewis – Shore11:06

    xG 0.72–0.17 (81%)attempts 20–5goals 0–1

  2. Carter – Toffoli – Pearson6:35

    xG 0.35–0.02 (95%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Lucic – Toffoli6:57

    xG 0.29–0.25 (54%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Gaborik – Kopitar – Pearson3:55

    xG 0.12–0.09 (58%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEhrhoff – McBain12:22

    xG 0.87–0.06 (93%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  2. Doughty – McNabb12:21

    xG 0.59–0.39 (60%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty8:43

    xG 0.46–0.49 (48%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. Staal – Rask – Lindholm12:26

    xG 0.56–0.57 (50%)attempts 11–19goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Nestrasil – Nordstrom13:02

    xG 0.20–0.44 (31%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. Versteeg – Nash – Skinner9:07

    xG 0.15–0.66 (18%)attempts 4–18goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Pesce15:34

    xG 0.74–0.47 (61%)attempts 13–17goals 2–0

  2. Slavin – Hanifin14:06

    xG 0.27–0.69 (28%)attempts 9–22goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Faulk17:12

    xG 0.39–1.06 (27%)attempts 13–21goals 0–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

CAR 2.4 xGLAK 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CAR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CAR is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 69/100 · #367 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 57% of the time.

CAR winsLAK wins

Simulated goal difference (CAR − LAK), 10,000 replays

-7
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-5
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).